Why isn’t the ‘still working working class’ being properly rewarded for the hazardous jobs they’re doing, the long hours, the unhealthy working conditions?
A few notable cases of how the market has failed us
Trump is a ‘true believer’ that the market solves everything and immediately. Just wave the magic market wand and it will appear
Why It Won’t Be Enough
They fear economic collapse and their loss of incomes more than the virus and its destruction of American lives
It is important to understand how the now three great economic crises of the last century are in many ways similar
During World War II the US lost about 500,000. The enemies were afar, offshore. Today the Coronavirus is projected to eventually kill…
The Coronavirus has been wrecking the US and global economies. While focus has been on addressing the biological devastation wrought by the…
Under Trump, tax policy and Trump monetary policy have been in the service of the stock markets ever since he came into office
Will the financial asset markets deflation soon spill over to the credit system (especially corporate bonds) and accelerate the decline of real economies worldwide in turn?
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